If Efficiency Wages Became More Common

question 139

Multiple Choice

If efficiency wages became more common,

• A)both the long-run Phillips curve and the long-run aggregate supply curve would shift right.
• B)both the long-run Phillips curve and the long-run aggregate supply curve would shift left.
• C)the long-run Phillips curve would shift right,and the long-run aggregate supply curve would shift left.
• D)the long-run Phillips curve would shift left,and the long-run aggregate supply curve would shift right.

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Definitions:

Alternative Goods

Products that serve as substitutes for each other; when the price of one increases, the demand for the other may increase.

Equilibrium Position

In the indifference curve model, the combination of two goods at which a consumer maximizes his or her utility (reaches the highest attainable indifference curve), given a limited amount to spend (a budget constraint).

Economic Resources

The land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurial ability that are used to produce goods and services; the factors of production.

Marginal Costs

The extra expense generated from the production of an additional unit of a product or service.